“We have so many products imported, although we have the idea to produce the same thing; however, the lack of supporting power has been the issue. If this is addressed, we can do a lot for mama Liberia,” Vera White, Maya Enterprise CEO
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Ms. Vera White is the CEO of Maya Enterprise; a startup that is currently mixing local spices to produce tasty products that include ginger chips, coconut chips, seasoned bony fish powder, seasoned benne seeds (Sesamum indicum) powder and other edible organic powders.
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In the year 2016 she raised seed capital, a little over L$2000, to run her startup that is now supplying Maya Enterprise’s Products to expats and leading supermarkets, including Era, Monoprix, and Falama Organic Food Mini-mart.
_____________________________________________________________ “I started this business with L$2000, and the money was part of what I used to earn as a hired registrar at the University of Liberia (UL). Then, I was working as a student’s registrar,” said White.
“I grew up in the kitchen, and from there I reached a point where I never wanted the things I have learned by experimenting to go in vain, while pursuing higher education. That was how I started producing my products in a small quantity, and today am supplying other businesses,” Ms. White told the Daily Observer.
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Read more about Maya Enterprise on liberianobserver.com
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Cuttington University has launched a tuition payment scheme co-named "B-500 Scholarships" aimed at providing opportunities for under-privileged students to enroll at the university.
According to acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Mr. Shefu Daberty, the scholarships will benefit students in six of the fifteen counties of Liberia, including Lofa, Bong, Montserrado, Bassa, Margibi and Nimba.
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Daberty added that the opportunity will not only affect less-fortune students, but will target the ones he described as "best of brains" who, he noted, are struggling to acquire higher education.
The university official explained that a 25% financial waiver will cover 2,000 students from 100 schools of which 500 will be selected from the six counties, meaning that 20 students will be selected from each school through a vetting process, beginning August this year.
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The Cuttington Vice President also assured that in subsequent time, the scholarship scheme will be extended to the fifteen counties of the country.
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[#FBF ] My Peepo Yor Hello Ooo! Its Friday and we are excited for today’s IG stories dialogue #UnderThePalavaHut .
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We are going down memory lane with one of our favorite stories and photo series - The Masked Men completed in collaboration with the talented @meskora 👑
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Emmanue Kpoto is one of the
Candidates for @ma_mardia student exchange program. Please read his story below👇🏾
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I was born on October 17, 1988, a year before the start of the Liberian civil war. At only a year old, I was forced to flee for my life with my mother and siblings amidst the sound of gunfire. The rebels were killing civilians, and many children were forced to become child soldiers just to survive.
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While hiding in the bush, we heard news of a ceasefire, and we went into town to search for family that we lost track of during the attack. But we didn't find anyone--not even my father. With no one left to help my mother raise her children, we became sick and suffered from starvation. Because there were no hospitals around, my mother made us medicine out of boiled herbs, and by the grace of God our health was restored. But still we had no food, and we were so malnourished that our ribs and tailbones were visible. Eventually, humanitarian groups began to arrive and distribute cornmeal, oil, and other necessities.
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Sprinter Wellington Zaza took 13.88 minutes to bring pride to his country Liberia with a bronze medal in the Men’s 110 Hurdles at the just ended 2018 African Senior Athletic Championship.
Wellington Zaza, based in the US was among three other athletics who represented Liberia at this year’s African Senior Athletic Championship held in Asaba, Delta State Nigeria.
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Akem Sirleaf, another US-based 200m Liberian sprinter left in the heat with 21.38 seconds.
Liberia’s female high jumper Otricia Borkuah did not clear or complete a jump but Kadmiel Enders reached the final but stopped at 1.90m in the male high jump.
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About 51 countries with over 800 athletes were in Asaba.
The flagship championship held at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State, ran from Wednesday Sunday, 1 – 5 August.
Liberia medal at the African Senior Athletics Championship summed total bronze medal to four.
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Read more on themonroviatimes.com
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Authorities at the Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday launched the Early Childhood Education (ECE) project that was developed to help government address a widespread and persistent challenge with regard to access, equality and learning outcomes in basic education in the country.
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The ECE project was launched under the theme, “Getting the Best in Education Sector Plan (G2B-ESP 2011).” The plan was formulated with nine priority program areas, including ECE, primary education, curriculum reform, improved teacher management, school accountability, and some priorities at post-basic levels.
From yesterday’s launch, the ministry will now use the G2B-ESP to implement a series of strategic, evidence-based and innovative programs to measure education quality, access, equity and relevance in Liberia during the plan period.
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The GPE is supporting the MoE to achieve the G2B-ESP through a US$11.07 million grant. The project channels funding to make improvements to early childhood, teacher training, school management, accountability and systems monitoring. These component will receive a total of US$6.5 million from Global Partnership System with additional US$3.57 million available to support the ministry to increase in the proportion of qualified ECE and primary teachers, to improve teachers payroll management, and to establish a national primary school learning assessment system.
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Read more on liberianobserver.com
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@lei_usa LIberian Empowerment Initiative tent at the Houston field day celebration.
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Congratulations to these guys on their 501c3 meaning they are now an official Non-profit Organization recognize by the United States Government.
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Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Executive Governor, Nathaniel Patray, said that the Bank under his leadership, together with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), will in 2019 commence work with the Legislature and other stakeholders on a revised framework for de-dollarization to revert to a single Liberian currency regime.
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Patray also told Senators that several policy measures would be carried out in 2019, under the Bank’s medium-to-long term policy measures.
Under those policy measures, Mr. Patray said the CBL will work with the Legislature on Export Proceeds Repatriation Law to ensure regular and constant flow of foreign exchange in the economy, and by extension increase the supply of foreign exchange in the economy.
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The CBL and MFDP, Governor Patray promised, will work with the Legislature to introduce new banknotes to replace the existing one with a uniform family of banknotes; that the Government of Liberia (GoL) will be encouraged to invest in critical infrastructures such as roads, electricity, rule of law, and enforcement of property rights that promotes diversification.
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